Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser (March 15, 1845 – January 23, 1907) was a Delegate from

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Early life

Born in Churchtown in

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, Singiser attended the common schools. He learned the art of printing, and then enlisted in the Union Army as a private in Company E, Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, on June 6, 1861.

Career

He served as assistant assessor of internal revenue in 1866 and 1867, and engaged in mercantile and editorial pursuits. He studied law, and was

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, in 1878. Singiser was employed in the

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from June 1, 1875, to May 31, 1879. He was appointed receiver of public moneys at Oxford, Idaho, in February 1879. He engaged in mining in Idaho and Utah, and was Secretary of the Territory of Idaho in 1880. He was also Acting Governor of

during the winter of 1881-1882. Singiser was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. He was the receiver of public money at Mitchell, Dakota (now South Dakota) from 1885 to 1889.

Personal life

Singiser was a member of the

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and had significant holdings in business. Singiser was also involved in mining. He died in 1907 in Chicago, he was interred in Chestnut Hill Cemetery,

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. Singiser never married.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singiser, Theodore Frelinghuysen 1845 births 1907 deaths Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Idaho Territory Pennsylvania Reserves Union army soldiers Idaho Republicans 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives